32. “The Levites always have the right to buy back a house they have sold within the towns allotted to them.
33. And any property that is sold by the Levites—all houses within the Levitical towns—must be returned in the Year of Jubilee. After all, the houses in the towns reserved for the Levites are the only property they own in all Israel.
34. The open pastureland around the Levitical towns may never be sold. It is their permanent possession.
35. “If one of your fellow Israelites falls into poverty and cannot support himself, support him as you would a foreigner or a temporary resident and allow him to live with you.
36. Do not charge interest or make a profit at his expense. Instead, show your fear of God by letting him live with you as your relative.
37. Remember, do not charge interest on money you lend him or make a profit on food you sell him.
38. I am the lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt to give you the land of Canaan and to be your God.
39. “If one of your fellow Israelites falls into poverty and is forced to sell himself to you, do not treat him as a slave.
40. Treat him instead as a hired worker or as a temporary resident who lives with you, and he will serve you only until the Year of Jubilee.
41. At that time he and his children will no longer be obligated to you, and they will return to their clans and go back to the land originally allotted to their ancestors.
42. The people of Israel are my servants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt, so they must never be sold as slaves.
43. Show your fear of God by not treating them harshly.
44. “However, you may purchase male and female slaves from among the nations around you.